Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert was born on August 26, 1728. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert (German: [ˈlambɛʁt]; French: Jean-Henri Lambert; 26 or 28 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, at that time allied to the Swiss Confederacy, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.